Neptune is one of the two
planets that is not able to be seen with a
telescope. Neptune was named after
the Roman sea god. Two thirds of Neptune is composed of
molten rock, water, liquid ammonia, and methane. Methane is
what gives Neptune it's blue color. Neptune has dark spots.
The largest spot on Neptune is called "The Great Dark Spot".
"The Great Dark Spot" is about the size of Earth.
Neptune has many clouds.
These clouds are like the puffy, cirrus clouds on Earth.
Neptune holds the record for the strongest winds. These
winds rise up to one-thousand two hundred miles per hour.
(WOW!) Neptune has four narrow
sets of rings. These sets are made up of dust particles. The
sets were formed by little meteorites crashing into the
planet's moons. It has eight moons. The names of Neptune's
moons are Despina, Galeta, Larissa, Naiad, Nereid, Proteus,
Thalessa, and Triton. Neptune's magnetic field
is tilted at a forty-seven degree arch. Neptune orbits
around the Sun in an oval-shaped orbit. It's about three
billion miles away from the Sun. The diameter of Neptune is
about thirty thousand, five hundred miles (forty-nine
thousand, one hundred kilometers). It's about seventeen
times as heavy as Earth.
